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The jostling for power is probably one of the most fascinating things being played out in the world of health. Science, technology and anecdotes have collided in a most interesting manner and if you throw in the usual hierarchy of healthcare, the cocktail is complete.

There are the academics, for whom their science is rigid, the randomised controlled trials being the one and only barometer of success. There are the super centre specialists for whom the bubble only extends to their own centres, their own selected patients and there are the decision makers who hop between being "totally supportive" to "not really" for evidence based material- based on the cost involved. There are the healthcare professionals who would like to have their bit funded the most, as obviously their own speciality or profession is THE most important above all... and finally, there are those who live with X, Y and Z.

Let's face it... very rarely do the policy makers or indeed academics who create the studies stand up and face the patients. Rarely are decisions to fund, or not, made with a patient in the room ensconced securely begins a layer of bureaucracy, decisions are not that tough to make. 

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Submissions for an annual competition that recognises, rewards and shares innovative practice within the field of diabetes have officially opened.

Now in its eighth year, the prestigious Quality in Diabetes Care (QiC) awards is once again seeking entries from teams or individuals who have demonstrated excellence in diabetes management, education and services for people with diabetes and/or their families. To read more, click here.

A professor dubbed the “diabetologist to the stars” has discussed the benefits of using the type 2 drug canagliflozin on treating people with type 1 diabetes.

Professor Anne Peters, from the School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, talked about how only six per cent of the people in the US with type 1 diabetes are reaching their targets set by the American Diabetes Association. To read more, click here.

Controlling weight gain in women with gestational diabetes can improve the health of the baby and ensure a safer pregnancy, according to preliminary research findings.

Dr Claire Meek, a researcher from the University of Cambridge, says the results from her small study are “very exciting” because it shows women they have the opportunity to improve their health, even at the later stages of pregnancy. To read more, click here. 

Exercise could delay the progression of type 1 diabetes when the condition is first diagnosed, research has suggested.

Research teams from the Universities of Birmingham and Exeter say people who continue an active exercise regime after being diagnosed can extend partial remission of the condition by four fold, compared to those who did not exercise. To read more, click here. 

Those with an interest in diabetes can now view a live debate and a popular keynote session that were carried out at a major conference last year.

The Diabetes Professional Care Conference (DPC), which attracted a record 3,235 delegates in November, invited three experts working within the field of diabetes to discuss where they thought NHS money was best spent when it comes to type 2 diabetes. To read more, click here. 

A structured education programme for young people is to be developed in a bid to tackle the increasing type 2 diabetes numbers.

The intuitive is to be developed by the Leicester Diabetes Centre, led by Professors Melanie Davies CBE and Kamlesh Khunti, and sites are being urged to sign up to trial it. To read more, click here. 

People who are at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes and who also have depression, are nearly three times more likely to develop dementia in later life, compared to those with neither condition.

Previous research has suggested that diabetes and depression could be linked to a higher risk of dementia, but this is the first time scientists have investigated if this risk is increased if a person has both pre-diabetes and depression. To read more, click here.